The Original Boat Noodle @ Jaya One, PJ

Recently, I have noticed many shops had opened in my area which sells (or named as) boat noodles. However, the famous and original Boat Noodle is located in TTDI. Boat Noodle also has opened several branches in Empire Damansara, Ikon Connaught, Jaya One and Publika.  So, I don't have to travel far to taste this original boat noodles. 

Let me explain briefly about the originate of boat noodles. The boat noodles is a Thai style noodle dish which has a strong flavor. It was originally served from boat (which is also known as floating market). The noodle is served in small portion, so the noodle is handle in care and not easily spill during the handover to customers.  

Since the original serving size is one or two (for those mouth are smaller) mouthful, the Boat Noodle also served the noodles in that way. So, everyone were crazy about how many bowls you can eat? For a normal guy, the minimum he can eat is 10 bowls and for a normal girl, at least 5 bowls.

Their menu. One page menu. They are limiting their menu range and focus on selling the boat noodles only. You only either choose beef or chicken. I can't eat beef due to my religion, My boyfriend being considerate, he just ordered 10 chicken boat noodles which are 5 bowls for each flavour. They have 2 flavours which are Pathumthani and Ayutthaya.

Explanation on the two flavours. Ayutthaya - "This recipe originated from the Ayutthaya province near Bangkok and has intense flavour based on a creamy dark broth with no less than 10 herbs. The broth has a consistency that is thicker than its Pathumthani cousin and has a brownish appearance." Pathumthani -  The Pathumthani recipe is a dark soy sauce derived broth and has an appetizing sourish with a delicate spicy. Made with approximately 19 herbs, it also contains generous usage of 5 spice powder, star anise and cinnamon stick."

Cha-Keow-Yen (Thai Iced Green Tea). They even have designed and used their own cups! The cup is shoo Kawaii!! (Cute!!) Hahaha. I wish they were selling this cup to public. We never tried the other recommended drinks, so far this iced green tea is nice! It does not taste very milky or very sweet like the Starbucks one.

Ayutthaya Chicken Thai Rice Noodle. See? The bowls are very small and you can swallow or stuff the noodle in one mouth.

In the bowl: rice noodle, chicken ball (like Ayamas one), scallion, some chicken meats and broth. This Ayutthaya is the non-spicy one as mentioned above are explained in the menu. The mild taste of the broth is very appetizing. I preferred this Ayutthaya broth rather than the other one.

Doesn't seems any difference, right? This is the Pathumthani Chicken Rice Noodle. I thought this one was a bit spicy one, but who knows... It is too spicy for me! (My taste bud differs from yours), Maybe I ate too much spicy food that morning breakfast and also previous night dinner. Haha. So, I let my boyfriend finished this flavour off.

The photo that everyone loves to post into Instagram and Facebook to brag off. Haha. We only ate 10 bowls.

♤ Menu: One page, simple and less choices.

♤ Food: Portion small based on its history. Chicken or beef. That's all. Prefer Ayutthaya.

♤ Beverage: Ohhh... I really love that Thai Iced Green Tea! 

♤ Environment: Less people coming to this branch. No need queue (in the afternoon). May quite hard to find its location since it was located in a corner.

♤ Price: RM1.90 per bowl. 5 bowls = RM9.50, so we only paid around RM25.90. Almost same price we paid outside there. But it will quite expensive if you can eat up to 20-30 bowls.

Boat Noodle,
The School Jaya One,
Lot P2-33, 035 & 037,
No 72A, Galen University,
46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Operating hour: 10am - 10pm.

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xoxo,
your lil BFF :)

Khunthai Restaurant @ Jalan Gasing, PJ

My boyfriend always told me stories what delicious food he ate before when he traveled around in his old job. One of his favourite restaurants he mentioned is Khunthai, an authentic Thai restaurant. But he went and ate in the Penang one. He told me how fresh the steamed fish is and how delicious the food area, compared to other Thai restaurant he went before. 

That Sunday, my dad told me there is a Thai restaurant in PJ he went with his friends, the food are the BEST Thai food he ever had (that is what he told me) and he loved it. He wants to go there again with us. So, my sisters and I just followed him. When we reached there, I looked at the restaurant's signboard: KHUNTHAI. 

I keep thinking, why this name seems familiar?? At first I thought, maybe the name is like one of the Super Junior members' name. Then, I told my boyfriend that I went to this restaurant, he told me that is the restaurant he went in Penang. We checked and learnt that both Penang and PJ restaurant are under the same company. LOL

The boss there is Chinese, but still, this restaurant serves Halal food. I noticed there were many Malays came to have their dinner there. Whether they have Halal certified or not, I'm not sure. They do not serve pork, that is my only sureness of.

Khunthai's service is excellent! Worth for charging us the service charge. Haha. The food served within 10 minutes after my dad placed orders. I also shocked with its efficiency and blurted out, "Why so fast one?" to the boss. And the boss answered, "Of cuz! If not, you will be very hungry!". So embarrassing. (>///<)

Stir-Fried Lala with Lemon Spicy. I always have extra precautions when eating lala or clams outside. I had a very bad memory in eating those when I was a kid. I ate sands instead the "meats" inside the lala at clams. So, the cleanliness of the seafood is my priority and second, the freshness. This dish has satisfied me in both of my priorities. The sauce is not very spicy, just tasted like sweet and sour sauce.

You must be wondering what the **** is this. In menu and the receipt, this is Stir Fried Choy Tam (a kind of vegetables). However, this is not stirred fried, The vegetable is only boiled in water and the sauce with fried onions/garlic is poured over it. Like the cooked vegetables, as long as there is no warmth or uncooked part, I'm satisfied. Hehe.

Steamed Fish in Thai style. We ordered the red snapper fish. The  fish weight is based on the market price. That time, the fish weighted 0.6 kg and RM75 per kg (so, this dish totalling RM45). They used the old iron (those ancient ones, which used charcoal to heat the iron) as the base. So, the fish will not be cool down throughout the dinner.

Pandan Chicken. Whenever you eat in a Thai restaurant, you must order this one. Apart from the tom yam. This is another famous dish from Thailand (from what I heard la). Most of the restaurants cooked and served this dish in very burnt pandan leaves, resulting the meat inside also tasted "burnt". But this one, the pandan leaves are not burnt down, leaving the meat tasted good.

White Tom Yam with Chicken. My sis insisted to have white one instead red one, cuz she said the red tom yam is too oily. Lol. She is a healthy freak. Even it is a white tom yam, this still spicy like the red one. TOO SPICY. You can't taste the sourness in the soup. My stomach is "screaming" out of the spiciness. And I give up on finishing the soup.

The last one, Claypot Glass Noodles with Prawns. We actually have ordered too much. This because my dad thought we are not eating enough, cuz all the dishes ordered are small portions. But we are very full. The glass noodles are cooked badly. The noodles are overly cooked, and it tasted burnt. My dad still looking for a good fried glass noodle. So far, none are good enough.

In conclusion, there:

♤ Menu: Understandable and you can see its menu on their website.

♤ Food: Yummy and fresh. Only the glass noodles are a no-no and the tom yam is too spicy for me to handle. 

♤ Beverage: We all had carbonated drinks like Coke or 100 Plus. They also have fresh coconuts. 

♤ Environment: Quite ok. Only the parking opposite is quite sandy and may well affect the cleanliness.

♤ Price: Reasonable and service charged at us.

Khunthai Restaurant,
6, Jalan 5/44, Petaling Garden,
Off Jalan Gasing,
46000 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.
Tel no.: 03-7781 7523

http://www.khunthai.com/

Btw, Happy New Year 2015!!! Wishing you all have a prosperous year ahead and stay healthy and happy always!! Cheers!

xoxo,
your lil BFF (>w<)